Weather: Record setting heat over the weekend is more that we could ever ask for. What? Was it too hot for some of you? Well, it will be a bit cooler today, in the low 80s and the skies will be sunny once again. Speaking of high temps, when does it get too hot for you? Take our poll below. The National Weather Service forecast.

Three drownings: What sometimes comes with hot weather are drownings and we sadly had three in the area over the weekend. A 27-year-old man from Lakewood drowned in American Lake Saturday, a 19-year-old man died in a hospital after being pulled from Lake Tapps Sunday and a 61-year-old man drowned in Spencer lake in Mason County also on Sunday. Stories from The News Tribune, KOMO, and KIRO.

In a related matter, hats off to the 17-year-old off-duty life guard who dived three times to pull a drowning man from Lake Washington over the weekend.

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